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Watkins #354 - The First Greeting of the Iron Horse. Promontory Point, May 9, 1869
Image courtesy of: The Huntington Library   (Accession Number photCL 184 (354))
Photographers number:354
Title:The First Greeting of the Iron Horse. Promontory Point, May 9, 1869
Notes:Watkins mount

Photographer:Alfred A Hart   (Mar 28, 1816 — Mar 5, 1908;  Active approx. 1862 — 1869)
Publisher:Carleton Watkins
Format:Stereograph

View this image in gallery:Nevada Desert and Last Rail
Link to image source:http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/6029
CarletonWatkins.org Image ID:1005113
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